Monmouth man admits abandoning baby son in Del.

A Monmouth County man whose mistress disappeared last summer pleaded guilty today to abandoning their 11-month-old son in a Delaware hospital parking lot, according to a report by the Times of Trenton.

Rosario Digirolamo, 32, of Millstone Township, pleaded guilty today to reckless endangerment and child abandonment, two misdemeanor charges, in connection with abandoning the infant in June. Under his plea agreement with prosecutors, Digirolamo was sentenced to 18 months' probation, will pay $2,500 in restitution to Delaware's child care agency, and will pay medical expenses for baby Michael.

DiGirolamo's attorneys said he did not just leave the baby, but watched to make sure the child was picked up. They said he left the child because the baby's mother, Amy Giordano of Hightstown, had fled and he didn't know what to do.

Giordano, who was DiGirolamo's girlfriend, has been missing since June 7. Police have questioned DiGirolamo in the disappearance but have not labeled him a suspect.